NC STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Plant Pathology
Seminars

Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule

Mondays, 4:00 PM
Stephens Room (3533 Gardner Hall)

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Jan 24 Dr. Larry Grand, Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Biogeography of Poroid Wood Decay Fungi in North Carolina: Mapping Fungi on the Large Scale."
Jan 31 Nikki Charlton, Ph.D. Student
Department of Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Genetic Diversity of the M2 dsRNA Mycovirus in the Soil Fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-3."
Feb 07 Dr. Tom Melton, Associate State Program Leader ANR/CRD
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Title TBA
Feb 14 Dr. Michelle Momany Associate Professor
Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
Title TBA
Feb 21 Open Date
Feb 27-28 Nusbaum Conference
"Linking Genomic Advances to the Understanding and Management of Plant Disease: Research priorities for the coming decade."
Speaker Profiles
Mar 07 Spring Break - No Seminar Scheduled
Mar 14 Dr. Sonia Herrero, Researcher
Department of Botany
NC State University
"Genomic approaches to study cercosporin resistance in Cercospora spp."
Mar 21 Dr. Chris Lawrence, Research Associate Professor
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"Alternaria-Brassicaceae Pathogenomics"
Mar 28 Danesha Seth Carley, Ph.D. Student
Departments of Crop Science and Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Potential Use of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery to Enhance Management of Peanut (Arachis hypogea.)"
Apr 04 Dr. Liu Bo, Research Associate
Department of Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Soil microbial biodiversity in conventional and organic agroecosystem."
Apr 11 Dr. Mike Benson, Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Characterization and management of Phytophthora and Rhizoctonia in ornamentals and Christmas trees"
Apr 18 Dr. Frank Louws, Associate Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
NC State University
"Dynamics of fungi on strawberry roots and associated research and extension in methyl bromide alternatives."
Apr 25 Dr. Rebecca Nelson, Associate Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
"Towards understanding and improving quantitative disease resistance in the cereals ."
(Discussion session, 10 a.m., Apr. 26,
216 Scott Hall.)
Host
: Dr. Peter Balint-Kurti